The Question Posed by Our Concern for Others: Altruism or Egoism?
p. 1
The Altruism Question in Western Thought
p. 15
Egoism and Altruism in Western Philosophy
p. 17
Egoism and Altruism in Early Psychology
p. 33
The Altruism Question in Contemporary Psychology
p. 43
Toward an Answer: the Empathy-Altruism Hypothesis
p. 59
A Scientific Method for Addressing the Altruism Question
p. 61
A Three-Path Model of Egoistic and Altruistic Motivation to Help: the Empathy-Altruism Hypothesis
p. 74
Three Egoistic Alternatives to the Empathy-Altruism Hypothesis
p. 91
Testing the Egoistic Alternatives to the Empathy-Altruism Hypothesis
p. 107
Aversive-Arousal Reduction
p. 109
Empathy-Specific Punishment
p. 128
Empathy-Specific Reward
p. 149
Extensions
p. 175
Other Possible Sources of Altruistic Motivation: the Altruistic Personality
p. 177
Implications and Limitations of the Empathy-Altruism Hypothesis
p. 202
References
p. 231
Author Index
p. 247
Index
p. 252
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